Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

I had to google it (couldn't find it by hunting on the CH site) but found this:-
http://www.christs-hospital.org.uk/81.html#donation

The current minimum donation to become a Donation Governor is £15,000 or £11,700 if made under Gift Aid (whereby Christ’s Hospital can reclaim basic rate tax on your gift). This donation can be made as a commitment over a series of years or as single gift of either cash or shares

No idea how up-to-date this is - it may be a little low these days compared to figures I vaguely remember....

jtaylor wrote:No idea how up-to-date this is - it may be a little low these days compared to figures I vaguely remember....

Figures valid until 31st. December 2004, according to the website.

Time it was updated, I feel.......

two years out of date, I think it is high time those figures were updated. If they are not we risk another newspaper frenzy on how we "elitist" schools are hiding the truth

It says that as a Donation Governor, you can put forward a pupil - if that pupils doesn't pass the exam, do you never get the chance to do it again?

Deb GP wrote:It says that as a Donation Governor, you can put forward a pupil - if that pupils doesn't pass the exam, do you never get the chance to do it again?

I think you just propose another one......

The governor who put me through CH told me that he had a candidate three years before me who failed the exam twice and that is why he put me forward next

No governor for me. I was an Almoners Nominee - went to Great Tower Street to take the exams (including a French oral exam with Arthur Rider) and got in that way.

I remember the abject fear I felt sitting in Gt Tower street doing my exams. I had just been made to read Tom Brown's school days and was wondering just what the hell I had let myself in for. One thing is for sure, nothing at a London state school had prepared me for CH

I was not presented or anything.

My parents were means tested and I got in purely on the exam - I seem to remember I had to do more papers than other people.

when i got in, the top three boys and the top three girls in the entrance exam were made "Leverhulme scholars". This was me (and 5 others, obviously). We were presented with a big dictionary each and had our photo taken.

To this day neither I nor my parents found out what it meant. I would love to know if anyone has any information.

I think Mary-Anne Ashmore (LH?) was in the picture but my mother lost it on my LE during a house move...

Richard Ruck wrote:No governor for me. I was an Almoners Nominee - went to Great Tower Street to take the exams (including a French oral exam with Arthur Rider) and got in that way.

Same here - but can't remember the French Oral. Can remember being taken for a ride on the river afterwards by my parents! My Mum's abiding memory of the day was of another mother saying to her cleric husband, "look at all these intelligent parents, our Lizzie doesn't stand a chance" - it broke the silence amongst the waiting parents beautifully. Lizzie did get in and got to Oxford!

I took a look at the other parents and children and thought I was totally out of my depth

I think you get to have a look at options for presentees before they do the exam, then if they pass it you present them officially.

it would be good to know how much it cost though

(I can hear the Charge rattling around in the back of my head)

but i haven't paid off the student loan yet, so they'll have to wait a while...

I can find out from my grandad, if he'll tell me that is.


My student loan is never going to be paid off, so its irrelevant really. I'll donate to CH when I get rich.

These student loan things sound absolutely evil things that ensure poverty for years to come